Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Quote of Note: Esme Vos
"I believe the only effective and long-term solution to this problem [discrimination by Internet access providers] is true structural separation: forcing operators to separate the broadband infrastructure business from the service business so that customers do not have to get their Internet service from the same company that owns the broadband infrastructure through which those bits are carried. Anything short of structural separation will be circumvented by operators who have deep pockets. They will file lawsuits, influence regulators disproportionately and play funny games."
Esme Vos, in her excellent MuniWireless Newsletter/Blog [link]
Esme Vos, in her excellent MuniWireless Newsletter/Blog [link]
Technorati Tags: NetworkNeutrality, QuoteOfNote, StructuralSeparation
Comments:
Yep, this is what I've been saying all along. Instead of "Net Neutrality" which can be gamed by deep pocketed incumbents, we need to ressurect Judge Green and split up the Incumbents, but this time the right way. Horizontally. The physical plant becomes a regulated monopoly and just does open access transport and collocation. The upper part (services) has to compete with everyone else on an equal footing.
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